About Sheldon Adelson
Sheldon Adelson is the CEO and chairman of casino company Las Vegas Sands.
He owns more than half of the $14 billion (sales) gambling empire, which has casinos in Las Vegas, Singapore and Macao, China.
Adelson is currently being treated for cancer (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), but he's still able to fulfill his executive duties.
He didn't get into the casino business until age 55, in 1989, when he and partners bought the Sands Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for $128 million.
Adelson is a big donor to Jewish organizations and has given $410 million to Birthright, which funds trips to Israel for young Jewish adults.
A big President Trump supporter, Adelson and his wife donated $123 million to Republican campaigns and political action committees in 2018.
The son of immigrants from Lithuania and Wales, Adelson grew up sleeping on the floor of a Boston tenement.
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08/04/33Number of children
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Drop Out, City College of New YorkSelf-made
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At age 12, Adelson borrowed $200 from his uncle to buy the rights to sell newspapers on a Boston street corner.
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NYSE | LVS-US
Las Vegas Sands Corp.$24.5BNYSE | LVS-US
Las Vegas Sands Corp.$3.1MNYSE | LVS-US
Las Vegas Sands Corp.$4.4MNYSE | LVS-US
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